My opinion on Ubuntu cancelling Intel 80386/80386-clone processor support

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Fri, 16 Sep 2016 17:55:44 +0200, Xen wrote:
>So I'm just saying: ensure you have the data first, before you try to 
>reach conclusions.

Perhaps the data is already there, but not in the way you wish. Maybe
it's a complete step into another direction. It might be just the first
step, of other steps, that maybe will follow one after the other. A
super wild ass guess http://snapcraft.io/ . Since you like data, at
least by Arch it never ever will be adapted. Mentioning Arch, just
because it's available by the Arch user repository and got a single
vote there, is confronted with alternatives to snapcraft, that are much
more accepted outside of the Ubuntu community. Let alone that for
Archers the complete approach is less interesting at all. Following
Arch mailing lists, I know what I'm talking about. OTOH if you follow
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/snapcraft you would notice
that it's a pet issue of Mark Shuttleworth. Note, I do _not_ claim that
there are plans to completely switch to the snap approach, I just want
to point out, that in the back-room there possibly are thoughts about
completely different approaches.

Regards,
Ralf